Success Story of Ankur Jain- IBPS PO 2019 (Bank of India)

By Akash Mishra|Updated : June 8th, 2020

Hello Readers,

We all know IBPS has declared final results for IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk and IBPS SO and now this is time to share some success stories of the dedicated aspirants who worked hard to achieve their desired goal. Know how they become a banker from a struggler. Know their complete journey and find out what was their strategy towards bank exams that lead them to attain success. 

Name: Ankur Jain

Exam Cleared: IBPS PO 2019 (Selected in the Bank of India) 

Here are some excerpts of question-answer session we did with Ankur. 

Q&A with IBPS PO 2019 Exam Topper Ankur Jain

Q1. What was your preparation strategy for different subjects?

Ans. I always had a good command over writing English and use of Grammar. For Current affairs/General awareness, I used BYJU'S Exam Prep mobile app quiz and daily content. Quant and Reasoning, I did through online content.

 
Q2. What was your strongest area and what was the weakest? How did you overcome your weaknesses?
Ans. The Strongest area was General awareness and English. Weakest area was Reasoning I would say. I used to practise 100-200 questions daily from online sources and I also downloaded BYJU'S Exam Prep content of 50 questions.
 
Q3. What difficulties did you face while preparing for the IBPS PO 2019?
Ans. Since, this was my first attempt so I had a time table which I followed on daily basis without any distractions.
 
Q4. How did you manage pressure during the preparation?
Ans. Whenever I felt pressure I used to switch over to watching cricket which always gives me pleasure.
 
Q5. What was your strategy in the last 2 weeks before the Phase II exam?
Ans. I had consolidated all the matter in one place and also made a separate copy of all the questions which I could not do in BYJU'S Exam Prep test series, and then I revised all that material.
 
Q6. What was your strategy for attempting the exam?
Ans. I used to study daily 5-6 hours. Daily targets were made in the morning and more often than not, those were completed. During night, I used to study current affairs.
 
Q7. What role did Mock Tests, Previous Year Papers, and Daily Quizzes play in your preparation?
Ans. They played a very important role. I used to analyse the wrong questions of tests and then noted them in a separate notebook to do 20-25 questions of that type. This helped me in improving my speed and accuracy. I attempted 78 questions in prelims and got 80 marks largely because of BYJU'S Exam Prep test series.
 
Q8. Were you preparing for any other exam during this preparation?
Ans. Yes, I am also preparing for PCS exams. And I am writing Uttarakhand PSC mains and UP PCS mains this year.
 
Q9. What was your preparation strategy for Personal Interview? How did your Personal Interview go? Share the questions asked in the PI. How did you respond to those questions?
Ans. For personal interview, my brother Anupam currently working in NABARD helped me with day to day economic issues and banking development. I joined a mock interview class and that helped me in improving my hesitation.
There were 4 members in the panel.
The questions asked were-
~What is annealing? 
~What material is used to blend with rubber in car tyres?
~Difference between Petrol and Diesel?
~What are the government plans for disinvestment in the budget 2020?
~What are the important announcements for farmers in the budget 2020?
~What is break even point in economics?
~What is price elasticity of demand?
 
Q10Are you a working professional? If yes, how did you manage preparation while working?
Ans. No, I am not a working professional.
 
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Q11. What advice do you want to share with fellow aspirants?
Ans. Banking preparation is not a rocket science. There is no point of exerting pressure and studying for 10-12 hours. I have cleared it in first attempt with 5-6 hours of studies. Sleep is very important and I used to sleep for 6-6.30 hours. Try to give mock tests and I would love to add that BYJU'S Exam Prep test series is undoubtedly the best.
 
Q12. How did BYJU'S Exam Prep help you in your preparation?
Ans. Mock test series which I purchased from BYJU'S Exam Prep was very helpful in my preparation. I owe a lot to BYJU'S Exam Prep for scoring good in prelims (80/100) and fairly well in mains(97.38)
 
Q13. What feature of the BYJU'S Exam Prep app was most useful to you?
Ans. Daily quizzes and Current affairs material were also very helpful
 
Q14. Suggest the area where we need to improve.
Ans. When a doubt is posted on mobile BYJU'S Exam Prep app, there can be a more interactive approach on team BYJU'S Exam Prep part so that doubts and queries are answered quickly.
 

This is the success story of Ankur, how he become a banker, and how he prepared for competitive exams. If you are one of the achievers and have a success story that can inspire others, then do share it with us. Share your success story at sheetal.goyal@byjusexamprep.com

 

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